Music Business

Having taken a few months off after leaving Universal in February, Rob Wells is getting busy again.As MBW reported yesterday,...

S4 Productions has merged with UK-based company The MJR Group and will now trade in Australia as MJR Presents.The investment...

Last night, Apple unveiled Apple Music at WWDC in San Francisco. The app promises to give fans “all the best...

Universal’s former President Of Global Digital Business, Rob Wells, has joined the Advisory Board of Revelator, a cloud-based platform that provides...

Nettwerk Music Group has acquired New York independent house label Maxi Records.The roster of artists and producers under Maxi Records includes...

Kobalt has launched what it calls the world’s first ‘global, direct, digital mechanical and performing rights society’.The new CMO is...

As you can probably tell from MBW’s coverage of Doug Morris’s Q&A at Midem yesterday (June 7), the label legend’s star...

Kobalt has entered into a co-financing and administrative partnership with independent entertainment studio IM Global, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance...

Crown Talent & Media Group has appointed Steven Melrose as its Head Of Music across both the UK and US.Melrose...

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There’s a rumour moving up and down La Croisette at Midem in Cannes this weekend: Pandora is making enquiries amongst...

Songwriters are getting angry.The disparity between the money paid by streaming services to record labels (plus artists) and publishers (plus...

UK managers have welcomed statements from Universal Music Group and Universal Publishing in which they pledge to share with artists...

Remember the pressure group co-founded by the likes of Google and Pandora to drive down royalties paid to songwriters and...

Jackie Alway, Universal Music Publishing’s VP International Legal and Industry Affairs, will become the UK Music Publishers Association’s new Chair,...